Exporting/Printing schedule containing image

[programmer59]

Hi,

When I create a schedule with images (for exemple rebar with the image of the shape)

I would like to : 

export it in Excel (with the image)

print the table in a pdf file (with the image too)

Is it possible ? How to do this?

The only think I know, is to copy/paste the view (Schedule) on a sheet in Revit, but it is not handy.

Concerning this topic, I would like to do this manually, and with lines codes in C++ API.

Best Regards,

CIvil Engineer

[jeremytammik · Accepted solution]

You can access the schedule data and the images it contains programmatically, e.g., using the Revit Schedule API:

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2012/05/the-schedule-api-and-access-to-schedule-data.html

Then, you can use that data and the Excel programming interface to generate a spreadsheet from that.

You can use other programming libraries to generate a PDF from the same data.

Please consult Excel and PDF-specific programming documentation for those tasks, since they have nothing to do with the Revit API.

[programmer59]

Hi Jeremy

Thanks a lot for your answer. I've not tried yet your solution, but I will try.

I've seen the link you sent. When exporting the schedule, it does that to a text file with separation. So, how could it work with images in the data base of the schedule?

[programmer59]

Hi

I have tried the following code : 

/*FilteredElementCollector col
    = new FilteredElementCollector( doc )
      .OfClass( typeof( ViewSchedule ) );
 
  ViewScheduleExportOptions opt 
    = new ViewScheduleExportOptions();
 
  foreach( ViewSchedule vs in col )
  {
    Directory.CreateDirectory( 
      _export_folder_name );
 
    vs.Export( _export_folder_name, 
      vs.Name + _ext, opt );
  }*/

It works only for data containing text and numbers. But when the schedule contains a image, it only export the name of the image (see my export test in the screencast below)

[jeremytammik · Accepted solution]

So, you can implement the next step: from the name of the image, navigate to the image itself and  include the required information into your output in the desired manner, for instance by adding a graphical representation of the image.